Bridle-bit



(No Model.)

0. P. POND.

BRIDLE BIT.

No. 416,422. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

. I 11%! MW ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARKE P. POND, OF OLENA, OHIO.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,422, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed June 20, 1889. Serial No. 315,010. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARKE P. POND, of Olena, in the county of Huron andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBridle-Bits, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to animproved bridle-bit whichisintended to remedy and prevent side pulling, a fault common withhorses, and generally caused by one side of the mouth being tougher thanthe other;

and with this object in view my invention consists of a bit having theends of the bar or mouth-piece diiiferently shaped or surfaced, one endbeing smooth or soft and adapted to be held on the tender side of themouth, while the other end is roughened or hardened and intended to beheld in the tough side of the mouth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof my improved bit, and Figs. 2 and 3 are modifications of 1 the same.

In carrying out my invention I employ a bit A the bar or mouth-piece ofwhich may be straight or snaffle, as desired, and is provided with theusual rings a aat each extremity for attaching the reins. One side orend B ofthe bar is intended to be inserted and carried in the tenderside of the horses mouth, and to prevent or decrease the painor it maybe of the usual form and covered with some hard and roughened material.If desired, the end C may be made of wire and the end B may be increasedin diameter, so as to form a broaderbearing for thetender side andrelieve the pain, or the opposite end may be reduced, all of whichconstructions will tend to bring the horses head around straight andprevent side pulling, which is not only disagreeable to the driver, butalso gives the horse a very ugly appearance.

The construction of my improved bit being very plain and simple, itsoperation is very easily understood. Where a horse is addicted to sidepulling it is evident that the side of his mouth with which he pullsthe.

place the ordinary bit by one constructed as shown and described, carebeing taken to see that the hard and roughened end is placed on thetough side of the mouth, while the soft or smooth side is carried in thetender side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved bridle-bitthe bar or mouthpiece of which has one end orside round and smooth, and its opposite side or end provided withcorrugations, sharp edges, or projections, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. Animproved bridle-bit the bar or mouthpiece of which has one end orside covered with soft or elastic material and its opposite side or endof hard material and provided with sharp edges or projections, as andfor the purpose described.

